Mount Carmel vs Shamokin

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Carmel and Shamokin: population, income, housing, and more.

Mount Carmel and Shamokin are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shamokin has the higher population (6,890 vs 5,695 in Mount Carmel). Mount Carmel has the higher median household income ($52,667 vs $36,438 in Shamokin). Mount Carmel has the higher median home value ($74,700 vs $57,400 in Shamokin).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Carmel	Shamokin
Population	5,695	6,890
Median age	42.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,667	$36,438
Median home value	$74,700	$57,400
Median gross rent	$796	$649
Housing units	3,203	4,418
Homeownership rate	73.8%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Carmel	Shamokin
Population	5,667 → 5,695 (+0.5%)	7,051 → 6,890 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$34,628 → $52,667 (+52.1%)	$28,737 → $36,438 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$43,400 → $74,700 (+72.1%)	$36,700 → $57,400 (+56.4%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $796 (+21.5%)	$591 → $649 (+9.8%)

Mount Carmel

Population

5,6675,695

Median household income

$34,628$52,667

Median home value

$43,400$74,700

Median gross rent

$655$796

Shamokin

Population

7,0516,890

Median household income

$28,737$36,438

Median home value

$36,700$57,400

Median gross rent

$591$649

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Carmel	Shamokin
Under 5	4.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.9%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.3%
75 and over	7.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Carmel	Shamokin
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	80.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.8%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Carmel	Shamokin
No high school diploma	9.6%	21.6%
High school graduate	47.5%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Carmel	Shamokin
Drove alone	74.8%	64.6%
Carpooled	13.8%	21.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	5.5%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	5.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Carmel	Shamokin
1-unit, detached	35.4%	29.6%
1-unit, attached	50.1%	46.1%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	3.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Carmel	Shamokin
Poverty rate	16.2%	27.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938